Kingston (Jamaica): Jamaican sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is aiming at Rio 2016 to become the first female sprinter to win 100 metres golds at three straight Olympics, her coach Stephen Francis has said.The pint-sized Jamaican captured
New Delhi: Double Olympic medal-winning wrestler Sushil Kumar Tuesday said he was hoping to overcome the disappointment of missing the 2010 Guangzhou Games by winning a medal at the 2014 Incheon Asian Games starting Sep
LONDON: Leaders of the Paralympics expressed hopes Saturday for a peaceful outcome in Ukraine after Russia executed a de facto military takeover of the Crimea region as athletes arrived in nearby Sochi for next week's
New Delhi: Newly-elected Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president N.Ramachandran said his immediate task was to assure that India returns to the Olympic fold at the earliest after a 14-month suspension."My immediate job is ensure that
Sochi: The following are the medal standings Saturday in the Winter Olympics being held here (tabulated under gold, silver, bronze, total):Norway 2 1 1 4Canada 1 1 1 3Netherlands 1 1 1 3United States 1
Sochi: India's Shiva Keshavan brought up the rear after two rounds of men's singles luge competitions, finishing 37th out of 39 athletes in the Sochi Winter Games on Saturday.Medals TallyThe 32-year-old Indian, who represented India
Sochi: Stroking a Persian leopard sprawled on his lap, tough-guy President Vladimir Putin showed his softer side Tuesday as he prepared to welcome the world to his budget-busting Winter Olympics. Basking in the glow of
New Delhi: The Olympic Games is a celebration of athleticism, sporting prowess and goodwill but there have been a number of incidents over the years that have gone beyond mere sport. From politics and ideology
New Delhi: They may not take part under the tri-colour due to the suspension of the IOA but four Indians have so far qualified for the February 7-23 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia.Shiva Keshavan,
Moscow: Special units of the Russian interior ministry's troops have been deployed in the 2014 winter Olympics host city of Sochi to ensure security, the ministry said Tuesday."The 10,000-man group of the interior troops has
New Delhi: The 1972 Munich Olympics were the second Summer Olympics to be held in Germany, after the 1936 Games in Berlin, which had taken place under Nazi regime.But the spirit of the games was
Switzerland: India faces the ultimate sanction of being kicked out of the Olympic movement unless it keeps corruption-tainted officials out of its ranks, IOC President Thomas Bach said in an interview with The Associated Press.
Johannesburg: Serious doping cheats will be banned for four years from 2015, ensuring they miss at least one Olympics. The doubling of bans from two years to four was one of the proposals adopted by
Moscow: The organizers of the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi have introduced some of the most extensive identity checks and sweeping security measures ever seen at an international sports event, raising concerns that they are
Lausanne: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Friday announced that six cites - Almaty, Beijing, Krakow, Lviv (Ukraine), Oslo and Stockholm have bid for the 2022 Winter Games.“I am delighted that six cities are bidding to
Stockholm: Stockholm is bidding for the 2022 Winter Olympics. The Swedish Olympic Committee says it submitted the bid on Monday to the International Olympic Committee. Stockholm hosted the 1912 Summer Olympics. Under its 2022 bid
Kingston: Caribbean island nation has rejected the possibility of Jamaica being banned from the Olympics in the wake of a doping scandal, saying international Contending that international sports meets need the participation of Jamaican athletes,"I
Moscow: CSKA Moscow basketball club says former Soviet great Sergei Belov has died. He was 69.CSKA says Belov died on Thursday in the Ural Mountains city of Perm. It didn't specify the cause of death.Belov
Lucknow: The union Government on Thursday informed the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court that sports persons from India will participate in the next Olympics despite the ban on the Indian Olympic Association (IOA)
Buenos Aires: Wrestling was back in the Olympic family after an intense vote by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) members here Sunday, leaving behind baseball/softball and squash.Wrestling won the first round of voting with 49
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